Detroit News reporter Darren Nichols
Ambulance response times are apparently still an issue plaguing the city of Detroit.
The latest incident involves Detroit News reporter Darren Nichols, who was suffering stroke-like symptoms at the Coleman A. Young Municipal Center on Thursday morning.
Amy Lange of Fox 2 reports that it took an ambulance 25-minutes to respond to city hall. The national average is eight minutes.
You'd think of all places, an ambulance would respond fairly promptly to city hall.
Fox 2 reported that Free Press reporter Matt Helms called 911 about 10:10 a.m. and called again, with his last attempt being about 10:30 p.m.
"It took 25 minutes for the EMS to arrive," Helms told Fox 2. "We were literally outside listening for sirens, and didn't hear any,"
Detroit Mayor Mike Duggan responded, saying:.
"It is not acceptable. The national standard is eight minutes and we have a team now looking at why the response was so slow and I am waiting on an answer from the fire department on that."
Nichols seems to be ok and is being treated at the hospital.
